Events on Monday, January 7

<i>The Savages</i>

Film

The Savages

Monday 1/ 7 @ Various locations

Until The Savages, director Tamara Jenkins had been languishing with a real case of the what-have-you-done-for-us-latelies; her last film, the incorrigible,... 

Ongoing Events

The Films of Emile de Antonio

Film: Documentary

The Films of Emile de Antonio

Monday 1/ 7 @ SFMOMA

Though often given short shrift in film histories, the political documentaries of Emile de Antonio played a major hand in shaping... 

Jeff Wall

Art: Photography

Jeff Wall

Monday 1/ 7 @ SFMOMA

Canadian photographer Jeff Wall's major traveling retrospective charts nearly three decades of work. Renowned as the photographer who "begins by not... 

David Mamet: <i>Speed-the-Plow</i>

Theatre

Speed-the-Plow

Monday 1/ 7 @ American Conservatory Theater

In Speed-the-Plow, playwright David Mamet dissects the behind-the-scenes manipulations and machinations that drive Hollywood. Bobby Gould... 

Douglas Gordon: <i>Pretty Much Every Film and Video Work from About 1992 until Now</i>

Art

Douglas Gordon

Monday 1/ 7 @ SFMOMA

The ultimate in one-stop viewing, Scottish multimedia artist Douglas Gordon's cheekily titled installation is a veritable retrospective: the work's title serves... 

<i>The Book Art of Edward Gorey</i>

Art

The Book Art of Edward Gorey

Monday 1/ 7 @ The Book Club of California

When he wasn't writing and illustrating his own darkly humorous and anachronistic books, Edward Gorey often lent his dexterous hand and... 

Double Feature: Kurosawa-Mifune

Film

Kurosawa-Mifune

Monday 1/ 7 @ The Castro Theatre

Rarely in the history of cinema has a director-actor collaboration been as thrillingly productive as that of Akira Kurosawa and Toshirô... 

Lucy McKenzie: <I>New Work</I>

Art

Lucy McKenzie

Monday 1/ 7 @ SFMOMA

Scottish painter Lucy McKenzie is a savvy image-maker, as interested in the history of images as in creating new ones. At... 

Chim: <i>The Photography of David Seymour (1911-1956)</i>

Art

The Photography of David Seymour (1911-1956)

Monday 1/ 7 @ de Young Museum

Until he was killed by Egyptian machine-gun fire while covering the 1956 Suez War armistice, Polish-born David Seymour (also known as... 

Debbie Fleming Caffery and Larry Schwarm: <i>Aftermath</i>

Art

Debbie Fleming Caffery and Larry Schwarm

Monday 1/ 7 @ Robert Koch Gallery

Debbie Fleming Caffery and Larry Schwarm's photographs of ravaged homes in Louisiana and Kansas, respectively, straddle the line between fine art... 

Social Distortion

Music

Social Distortion

Monday 1/ 7 @ The Fillmore

Social Distortion are as inextricable from California as beaches, surfing, and endless summers. With a roots-punk style they've been honing since... 

Olafur Eliasson

Art

Olafur Eliasson

Monday 1/ 7 @ SFMOMA

From the almost primordial rising sun he installed in the Tate Modern to walk-in kaleidoscopes, Danish/Icelandic artist Olaf Eliasson's enormous, experiential... 

<i>Meeting Resistance</i>

Film: Documentary

Meeting Resistance

Monday 1/ 7 @ Roxie Theater

As the quagmire of the Iraq war draws on, the importance of hearing the stories of Iraqis whose lives have...